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A Top 30 Quiz

1. The American Analog Set
2. Camera Obscura
3. Andrew Bird
4. Neko Case
5. Yo La Tengo
6. Grandaddy
7. Animal Collective
8. Loney, Dear
9. Annuals
10. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
11. Hot Chip
12. Spoon
13. Voxtrot
14. Okkervil River
15. Elliott
16. Wolf Parade
17. Malajube
18. Peter and the Wolf
19. Stars
20. Belle & Sebastian
21. Arrah & The Ferns
22. Feist
23. The Knife
24. Thee More Shallows
25. José González
26. Acid House Kings
27. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
28. Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
29. Peter Bjorn and John
30. Denali


1. How did you get into 29?
The same way I get into a lot of music I listen to actually. It was by either reading Magnet or Under The Radar, reading a review of Writer's Block, thinking it sounded good, downloading it, and falling in love with it.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Mushaboom

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Four- 1 full album and 3 EP's.

4. What is your favorite song by 15?
Hard question! Probably Calm Americans though. That song gives me the chills every time I hear it.

5. What is your favorite song by 5?
Stockholm Syndrome. I listened to this song over and over and over after Joe and I broke up. For some reason it made me feel so much better.

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
A.M. 180 because it always reminds me of the grocery store scene in 28 Days Later!

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
Scattered Pearls even though it's not technically sung by Owen. Though his version on Daytrotter was adorable!

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?

I could say that putting You File on the very first mix I ever made was my best Denali memory, but honestly, when I hear them sometimes I can't help but remembering playing The Instinct for Ross and him hating it. But now he likes them!

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Set Yourself on Fire, but the Montag remix of it.

10. How many times have you seen 25 live?
None, sadly. Came close to seeing him last winter though!

11. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?

Heartbeats because I was curious about them after hearing José González's version of it. I have ended up liking The Knife's version a lot more.

12. What is your favorite album by 11?
The Warning, definitely. Though Made In The Dark has my favorite track on it.

13. Who is a favorite member of 1?

Andrew Kenny, of course.

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?

I would like to since they're playing in Ithaca next Sunday!

15. What is a good memory involving 27?

Being called "Oregon Girl" by Will. Couldn't have asked a better question about this band.

16. What is your favorite song by 16?

I'll Believe in Anything

17. What is your favorite album by 18?

Lightness. I wasn't crazy about this album at first, but I slowly became obsessed with it. Now it's one of my absolute favorites.

18. What is your favorite song by 21?

Apple for Evan, closely followed by Southern Comfort, because it's beyond awesome when Carl shreds the banjolin!

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
I can't definitively say, because I first heard it on a satellite radio station somewhere in New Jersey, and I don't remember the track. However, when I got home and got their album, the first track I listened to was This Heart is a Stone.

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
Definitely Let's Get out of This Country, though Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi comes in at a really close second.

21. What is you favorite song by 3?
Very difficult question. I'd have to say Skin Is, My. One of the sexiest songs I've ever heard.

22. What is you favorite song by 8?
I Am John even though this was one of my least favorite songs of his for a long time.

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
None, but I would absolutely love to. Even though I can't understand much of what they say because I'm not fluent in French.

24. What is the worst song by 12?

Most of the latest album does not appeal to me. But my least favorite song is probably Back to the Life.

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Our Hell. Still gets to me.

26. What is your favorite album by 7?

Feels!

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
Night At The Knight School. This song is responsible for this band being so high on my stats.

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Brother because it includes a "woo!" and a "yeah!", both of which are usually the mark of a great tune.

29. What is your favorite album by 4?

Absolutely Blacklisted.

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
13, but that's mostly EP's and singles. I have four full albums from them.

I want to see how my listening tastes have evolved/changed over time/moods/life experiences.
I'm going to start from October of 2006, because that's when I really started using my Last.fm, so enjoy.

2006
October
Week 1: The Bled - 22
Week 2: World/Inferno Friendship Society - 35
Week 3: As Blood Runs Black - 29
Week 4: The Bled - 52
November
Week 1: Protest the Hero - 32
Week 2: Preschool Tea Party Massacre - 96
Week 3: The Great Redneck Hope - 58
Week 4: Eighteen Visions - 10
December
Week 1: An Albatross - 36
Week 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 20
Week 3: Eagle-Eye Cherry - 11
Week 4: Belle and Sebastian - 11

2007
January
Week 1: No music scrobbled!
Week 2: Jonny Lang - 96
Week 3: Jonny Lang - 11
Week 4: World/Inferno Friendship Society - 10
February
Week 1: The Acacia Strain - 20
Week 2: The Acacia Strain - 64
Week 3: Wilco - 27
Week 4: No music scrobbled!
March
Week 1: The Acacia Strain - 45
Week 2: Preschool Tea Party Massacre - 25
Week 3: PsyOpus - 55
Week 4: Preschool Tea Party Massacre - 76
April
Week 1: See You Next Tuesday - 12
Week 2: From Autumn to Ashes - 42
Week 3: Linkin Park - 73
Week 4: Bury Your Dead - 34
May
No music scrobbled!
June
No music scrobbled!
July
No music scrobbled!
August
No music scrobbled!
September
No music scrobbled!
October
Week 1: No music scrobbled!
Week 2: No music scrobbled!
Week 3: No music scrobbled!
Week 4: August Burns Red - 28
November
Week 1: The Bled - 82
Week 2: The Bled - 63
Week 3: The Dillinger Escape Plan - 57
Week 4: Whitechapel - 104
December
Week 1: Machinae Supremacy - 9
*When my brother started listening to music w/ Last.fm plugged in
Week 2: Machinae Supremacy - 25 *
Week 3: Machinae Supremacy - 66 *
Week 4: Machinae Supremacy - 78 *

2008
January
Week 1: Machinae Supremacy - 107 *
Week 2: Machinae Supremacy - 65 *
Week 3: Suicide Silence - 32
Week 4: Car Bomb - 76
February
Week 1: With Blood Comes Cleansing - 42
Week 2: Two Dead Sluts, One Good Fuck - 79
Week 3: Whitechapel - 46
Week 4: Whitechapel - 67
March
Week 1: A Day to Remember - 46
Week 2: Whitechapel - 297
Week 3: Born of Osiris - 53
Week 4: Fuck...I'm Dead - 149
April
Week 1: Emmure - 214
Week 2: Decrepit Birth - 86
Week 3: Engineer - 76
Week 4: Beneath the Massacre - 197
May
Week 1: The Dillinger Escape Plan - 28
Week 2: Regurgitate - 310
Week 3: Gorod - 172
Week 4: Gorod - 27
June
Week 1: Psycroptic - 54
Week 2: Necrophagist - 69
Week 3: Spawn of Possession - 116
Week 4: Spawn of Possession - 99
July
Week 1: Beneath the Massacre - 143
Week 2: Denali - 92
Week 3: Spawn of Possession - 255
Week 4: Defeated Sanity - 405
August
Week 1: Defeated Sanity - 244
Week 2: Devourment - 151
Week 3: Devourment - 131
Week 4: Nora - 22
September
Week 1: All Shall Perish - 17
Week 2: The Ink Spots - 365
Week 3: Jonny Lang - 35
Week 4: Pig Destroyer - 138
October
Week 1: Explosions in the Sky - 117
Week 2: Explosions in the Sky - 175
Week 3: Colbie Caillat - 144
Week 4: Colbie Caillat - 214
Week 5: All Shall Perish - 77
November
Week 1: All Shall Perish - 83
Week 2: All Shall Perish - 90
Week 3: Jim Sturgess - 100
Week 4: The Beatles - 198
December
Week 1: Jonny Lang - 135
Week 2: Kanye West - 177
Week 3: Melee - 320
Week 4: Explosions in the Sky - 121

2009
January
Week 1: A Different Breed of Killer - 68
Week 2: Swarm of the Lotus - 56
Week 3: Angels Or Vultures - 22
Week 4: Emarosa - 74

February
Week 1: Botch - 451
Week 2: See You Next Tuesday - 134
Week 3: Isis - 342
Week 4: Ion Dissonance - 467

March
Week 1: LoveHateHero - 18
Week 2: United Nations - 273
Week 3: The Plasmarifle - 6
Week 4: All Shall Perish - 40

April
Week 1: The Bled - 29

I'll update this every week.

after cam denuzio, maura davis has also blogged on her myspace that denali's back together with its original crew. i already can't wait to hear the new songs, and hear maura's enchanting vocals- she being my favorite female singer of all times. i really liked the other projects they worked with too especially maura's ambulette, and keeley's sparta, but none rocks harder than denali.

...what, what is the next concern
too perfect, too perfect it's a possible return
to the open wound but i know how to help this one out
so here comes your turn
now I'm feeling something tonight...
DenaliThe InstinctFrench MistakeDenali

I saw another guy post one of these and figured it would be kind of neat to see what i've been to and how i've changed, too bad we all didn't have last.fm accounts when were were kids to compare and contrast eh? So i'll include as much as i can possibly remember, however embarrassing some of the shows might be. I'll start with most recent and work my way back.

Asobi Seksu

Dan Deacon, Future Islands, Teeth Mountain

Jucifer, Hammerlord

Mythical Beast, Expo '70, Prince Rama of Ayodhya

Jucifer

TV on the Radio with The Dirtbombs

Torche with Coliseum and Clouds

The Plastic People Of The Universe, and Little Cow

Lymbyc Systym w/ This Will Destroy You and Black Xmas

Boris w/ Torche and Lair of the Minotaur

mewithoutYou w/ Maps & Atlases and Gasoline Heart

Expo '70 w/ Eric Hall and Pacific Before Tiger

Wolf Eyes w/ This Is My Condition and The LWA

Peter Murphy w/ ALI ESKANDARIAN

Sigur Ros w/ Helgi Hrafn Jónsson

Efterklang w/ Slaraffenland and Olympic Size

Converge w/ The Red Chord, Baroness, and Genghis Tron

Explosions in the Sky and Lichens

Anathallo and Aloha

Ghostface Killah w/Brother Ali

The Evens

Gogol Bordello

Devendra Banhart w/Rio en Medio

Jesu w/ Torche,Fog and Yakuza

The Melvins w/ Big Business

Jucifer

Melt-Banana w/ This Is My Condition

The Sword

Animal Collective w/ Sir Richard Bishop

Mastodon w/ Converge,The Bronx

mewithoutYou w/ The Snake, The Cross, The Crown

Isis w/ Jesu and Zozobra

Del tha Funkee Homosapien w/ Psalm One and Bukue One

Morrissey

Mythical Beast w/ Nudity

Mythical Beast w/ Midnite Snake

Battles w/ Singer and The Pixel Panda

Lightning Bolt w/ The Ssion,The Sperm,This Is My Condition and spunky toofers

Wolf Eyes

Destroyer w/ White Whale

The Dears w/ The Shout Out Louds

Mogwai

Sonic Youth w/ The Dresden Dolls

Al Green

Joanna Newsom w/ Bill Callahan/Smog

GWAR w/The Red Chord,Municipal Waste

Kylesa w/ Genghis Tron

Pelican w/Russian Circles and Young Widows

St. Vincent w/ Scout Niblett

Coachella for Bauhaus, New Order, Gang of Four,Wolf Eyes,The Locust

Busdriver

Low w/ Charlie Parr

Against Me w/ The Blood Brothers

Denali w/ The Elevator Division

Quintron And Miss Pussycat w/ Harry Merry

mewithoutYou w/ Emery and a bunch of other bands i couldn't car less about.

Cattle Decapitation

the rest of this stuff i won't really seperate these by individual show because they've all kind of run together it's been so long...

Between the Buried and Me
As I Lay Dying
Saved By Grace
Undying
Dead to Fall
Cephalic Carnage
The Black Dahlia Murder
Fear Before the March of Flames
On Broken Wings
Embrace Today
Evergreen Terrace
From a Second Story Window
Darkest Hour
Poison the Well
Sworn Enemy
Cradle of Filth
Hopesfall
Remembering Never
Thrice
Celebrity
Scarlet
Dimmu Borgir
Children of Bodom
AFI
Atreyu
Shadows Fall
Killswitch Engage
Unearth
Behemoth
My Chemical Romance-For some reason I feel compelled to clarify that i saw this band play with thrice and saved by grace like 5 years ago at El Torreon wayyyy before they got really big, same with thrice so w/e

Tool w/ Meshuggah2nd show i ever went to

Korn w/ Deadsy and I think Puddle of Mud but i'm not sure....

anyway that's pretty much it except for the occasional little show i may have attended way back in the day not a bad amount for only being 20 years old, hopefully i can double this amount 5 years from now.

list of most of the CD i call my own; NOT including some singles, burned copies, full-lengths i never liked enough to learn the names of, interview discs, some promos, crappy compilations that came free w/ magazines (i have to like at least 2 or 3 songs for it to count)

organized alphabetically according to the artist, then the title of record and any notes about it. #'s are listed first, various artists are alphabetized with the V's

- * denotes ones i've rarely listened to
- ~ denotes ones i particularly love

12 Rounds : My Big Hero
16 Volt : Letdowncrush
16 Volt : Wisdom
60 Channels : Give Me Your Love EP *
Action Action : An Army Of Shapes Between Wards
Action Action : Don't Cut Your Fabric To This Year's Fashion ~
Aleixa : Honeylake
Alpinestars : B.A.S.I.C.
Alpinestars : White Noise
Ambulance LTD. : self-titled EP
Ambulance Ltd. : LP
Ambulance Ltd. : New English EP
Android Lust : Devour Rise Take Flight ~
Android Lust : The Dividing
Android Lust : Dragonfly single
Android Lust : Evolution
Android Lust : Resolution ~
Android Lust : Stripped & Stitched
Android Lust : The Want
Apocalyptica : Inquistion Symphony
Apoptygma Berzerk : The Apopcalpytic Manifesto ~
Apoptygma Berzerk : 7
Apoptygma Berzerk : Welcome to Earth
Area : The Perfect Dream
The Ark : State Of The Ark ~
Armageddon Dildos : Homicidal Dolls
Armageddon Dildos : Homicidal Maniac maxi-single
Armageddon Dildos : Lost
Atari Teenage Riot : Burn, Berlin, Burn
Atari Teenage Riot : 60 Second Wipe Out
Natacha Atlas : Diaspora
Attrition : The Hand That Feeds remixes
Attrition : The Hidden Agenda
Attrition : The Jeopardy Maze
Audra : self-titled
Audra : Going to the Theater
Emilie Autumn : Opheliac ~
The Autumns : In the Russet Gold Of This Vain Hour *
Ayria : Flicker ~
The Azoic : Illuminate ~
Battery :Aftermath
Battery : Distance ~
Bauhaus : 1979- 1983 Volume One
Bauhaus : 1979- 1983 Volume Two
Bauhaus :Bela Lugosi's Dead single
Bauhaus : Burning From The Inside
Bauhaus : Crackle best of... ~
Bauhaus : Gotham double CD- live
Bauhaus : In the Flat Field reissue w/ extra tracks ~
Bauhaus : Mask reissue w/ extra tracks
Bauhaus : Press Eject and Give me the Tape live w/ extra tracks
Bauhaus : Rest In Piece double CD- live
Bauhaus : The Sky's Gone Out
Bauhaus : Swing The Heartache: The BBC Sessions ~
Beep Beep : Business Casual
Birmingham 6 : Policestate EP
Birmingham 6 : You Cannot Walk Here american edition EP
The Birthday Massacre : Violet
The Birthday Massacre : Walking With Strangers
Black Tape for a Blue Girl : As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire promo
Black Tape For A Blue Girl : Halo Star
Black Tape For A Blue Girl : The Scavenger Bride
Boney M : Greatest Hits
The Boo Radleys : Giant Steps
David Bowie : Aladdin Sane double CD reissue
David Bowie : Heathen double CD
David Bowie : Hunky Dory enhanced reissue
David Bowie : Reality double CD
David Bowie : The Singles 1969 - 1993
Boy George & Culture Club : At Worst best of
The Bravery : self-titled
The Breeders : Last Splash
Bernard Butler : Friends & Lovers
Cesium 137 : Elemental ~
Cesium 137 : Intelligent Design
The Changelings : Terra Firma
Chemlab : Burn Out At The Hydrogen Bar
Chemlab : East Side Militia ~
Chemlab : Oxidizer
Chemlab : Suture
Meg Lee Chin : Junkies And Snakes remix EP
Meg Lee Chin : Piece and Love
The Cinematics : Break EP
Claire Voyant : Love Is Blind ~
Claire Voyant : Time Again remixes
Claire Voyant : Time And The Maiden
The Clash : self-titled
The Clash : London Calling ~
Client : self-titled
Clock DVA : Advantage
Collide : Beneath the Skin ~
Collide : Chasing The Ghost ~
Collide : Some Kind Of Strange
Collide : Vortex remixes
Chris Connelly & the Bells : Blonde Exodus
Covenant : Dreams Of A Cryotank
Covenant : Skyshaper
Covenant : United States Of Mind ~
The Cruxshadows : Dreamcypher
The Cruxshadows : Echoes & Artifacts
The Cruxshadows : Ethernaut
The Cruxshadows : Fortress In Flames remixes ~
The Cruxshadows : Frozen Embers remixes
The Cruxshadows : The Mystery Of The Whisper
The Cruxshadows : Telemetry Of An Angel
The Cruxshadows : Wishfire ~
Cult of Jester : Funkatron *
The Cure : Boys Don't Cry
The Cure : Staring At The Sea singles ~
Curve : Come Clean
Curve : Cuckoo
Curve : Frozen EP
Curve : Gift
Curve : Horror Head
Curve : Missing Link EP
The Damage Manual : 1 enhanced EP
The Damned : Sessions Of The Damned ~
Deadsy : Commencement *
Death Ride 69 : Screaming Down The Gravity Well reissue ~
Decoded Feedback : Combustion
Deitiphobia : Lo:fi vs. Sci:fi *
Denali : self-titled
Denali : The Instinct
Depeche Mode : 101 live double CD
Depeche Mode : Behind The Wheel single
Depeche Mode : Black Celebration ~
Depeche Mode : Construction Time Again ~
Depeche Mode : Dream On single & UK single
Depeche Mode : Enjoy The Silence single
Depeche Mode : Exciter
Depeche Mode : Home UK single
Depeche Mode : It's No Good UK single
Depeche Mode : Music For The Masses Japanese version
Depeche Mode : Music For The Masses US version
Depeche Mode : Only When I Lose Myself extra limited UK single
Depeche Mode : People Are People singles
Depeche Mode : Playing The Angel ~
Depeche Mode : The Singles Boxsets 18 CDs in 3 boxes
Depeche Mode : The Singles 81>85 singles ~
Depeche Mode : The Singles 86>98 double CD singles ~
Depeche Mode : Some Great Reward
Depeche Mode : Songs Of Faith and Devotion ~
Depeche Mode : Songs Of Faith and Devotion Live live
Depeche Mode : Speak & Spell ~
Depeche Mode : Ultra
Depeche Mode : Violator double CD re-release ~
Depeche Mode : World In My Eyes limited UK single
Diatribe : self-titled
Die Form : In Human
Die Krupps : Fatherland EP
Die Warzau : All Good Girls maxi- single
Die Warzau : Engine
Distorted Reality : Daydreams And Nightmares
Distorted Reality : The Fine Line Between Love And Hate ~
Diva Destruction : Exposing The Sickness ~
Diva Destruction : Passion's Price ~
Diva Destruction : Run Cold
Doppelganger : Meet Your Evil Twin ~
The Dresden Dolls : self-titled ~
Dresden Dolls : Yes Virginia ~
Duran Duran : Decade best of...
Eagle*Seagull : self-titled
Ego Likeness : Dragonfly
Ego Likeness : The Order Of The Reptile ~
Ego Likeness : Water To The Dead ~
Einsturzende Neubauten : Ende Neu
Einsturzende Neubauten : Halber Mensch
Einsturzende Neubauten : Silence Is Sexy double CD w/ 40 page booklet
Einsturzende Neubauten : Strategies Against Architecture 1980-1983 ~
En Esch : Cheesy
Enon : High Society ~
Enon : Hocus Pocus
Enon : Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence + 1 DVD
Epsilon Minus : self-titled ~
Evaline : Postpartum Modesty A Portrait Of Skin
Evil Mothers : Spider Sex And Car Wrecks
Excessive Force : Gentle Death
Extra Fancy : Sinnerman reissue ~
Fad Gadget : The Best Of Fad Gadget best of... double CD
faith & the muse : The Burning Season
The Faint : Blank Wave Arcade
The Faint : Danse Macabre ~
The Faint : Danse Macabre Remixes
The Faint : Wet From Birth ~
Fear Cult : Visionary Excess
Flesh Field : Strain ~
Foetus : Gash
Front 242 : Tyranny For You
Front 242 : Up Evil
Front Line Assembly : Convergence
Front Line Assembly : Mindphaser single
Front Line Assembly : Prophesy single
Dave Gahan : Paper Monsters + 1 DVD
Garbage : Beautiful Garbage ~
Garbage : Bleed Like Me ~
Garbage : self-titled
Garbage : Version 2.0
The Gathering : Mandylion
The Gathering : Sleepy Buildings
The Gathering : Souvenirs
Glampire : The Beginning Of Terror ~
Glampire : Drop Dead Gorgeous
Glampire : The Soft White Ghetto
God's Girlfriend : Whore Damage
Golden Boy with Miss Kittin : Or
Goldfrapp : Black Cherry ~
Goldfrapp : Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp : Supernature
The Golden Palominos : Dead Inside ~
Martin Gore : Counterfeit 1 EP
Martin Gore : Stardust single
Grim Faeries : Disenchanted Forest
Hanzel und Gretyl : Scheissmessiah
Hanzel Und Gretyl : Uber Alles
PJ Harvey : 4-Track Demos
PJ Harvey : B-sides b-sides EP
PJ Harvey : Dry ~
PJ Harvey : Is This Desire? ~
PJ Harvey : Rid Of Me ~
PJ Harvey : Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea ~
PJ Harvey : To Bring You My Love
PJ Harvey : Uh Huh Her
Hate Dept. : The House That Hate Built
Hate Dept. : Technical Difficulties
Hazard County Girls : Never No More
Hedwig & The Angry Inch : Motion Picture Soundtrack
Hellbent : Hardcore Vanilla
HMB : Great Industrial Love Affairs
Hungry Lucy : Apparitions
Hungry Lucy : Glo
Hungry Lucy : To Kill A King ~
IAMX : The Alternative ~
IAMX : Kiss + Swallow ~
Icon of Coil : Machines Are Us ~
Icon Of Coil : The Soul Is In The Software
Idlewild : 100 Broken Windows
Idlewild : Hope Is Important ~
Idlewild : The Remote Part ~
Idlewild : Warnings & Promises
Iggy & the Stooges : Raw Power
Interpol : Antics
Interpol : The Black EP
Interpol : Turn On The Bright Lights ~
David J : Urban Urbane
Jack Off Jill : Clear Hearts Grey Flowers ~
Jack Off Jill : Sexless Demons And Scars
JJ72 : I To Sky ~
JJ72 : self-titled
Joy Division : Closer ~
Joy Division : The Complete BBC Recordings
Joy Division : Substance ~
Joy Division : Unknown Pleasures
Kasabian : Empire
Kasabian : self-titled ~
Kevorkian Death Cycle : A+o(m)
Kill Hannah : For Ever & Never
Killing Joke : Democracy
Kill Switch... Klick : Milkin' It For All It's Worth
KMFDM : &%#$?
KMFDM : Adios
KMFDM : Agogo rarities, unreleased tracks, & other stuff
KMFDM : Angst ~
KMFDM : Don't Blow Your Top
KMFDM : Godlike single
KMFDM : Juke-Joint Jezebel (Giorgio Moroder Mixes single
KMFDM : Money ~
KMFDM : Naive/Hell To Go
KMFDM : Nihil
KMFDM : Split single
KMFDM : UAIOE
KMFDM : What Do You Know, Deutschland? reissue
KMFDM : Xtort
KMFDM vs. Pig : Sin, Sex, Salvation EP
Kraftwerk : Computer World
Kraftwerk : The Mix ~
Lacuna Coil : Comalies
Lacuna Coil : In A Reverie ~
Lacuna Coil : Karmacode
Lacuna Coil : self-titled
Lacuna Coil : Unleashed Memories ~
Ladytron : 604
Ladytron : Light & Magic
Laibach : self-titled reissue
Laibach : Wat promo
London After Midnight : Psycho Magnet German release ~
Lords of Acid : Expand Your Head remixes
Lords Of Acid : Farstucker
Jared Louche and the Aliens : Cover Girl
Love and Rockets : Earth Sun Moon
Love Spirals Downward : Ever promo
Lush : Spooky
Luxt : American Beast
Timo Maas : Connected remixes
Timo Maas : Pictures
Machines of Loving Grace : Concentration
Machines of Loving Grace : Gilt
Manic Street Preachers : Everything Must Go ~
Manic Street Preachers : Everything Must Go single
Manic Street Preachers : Forever Delayed best of...double CD ~
Manic Street Preachers : Generation Terrorists ~
Manic Street Preachers : Generation Terrorists US version ~
Manic Street Preachers : Gold Against The Soul ~
Manic Street Preachers : The Holy Bible ~
Manic Street Preachers : The Holy Bible 10 year anniversary re-release, double CD + 1 DVD ~
Manic Street Preachers : Know Your Enemy ~
Manic Street Preachers : Lipstick Traces b-sides & live double CD ~
Manic Street Preachers : Send Away The Tigers ~
Manic Street Preachers : Theme From MASH (Suicide Is Painless)
Manic Street Preachers : You Stole The Sun From My Heart single
Mansun : Attack Of The Grey Lantern ~
Mansun : Six
Loreena McKennitt : The Book Of Secrets
Meat Beat Manifesto : Original Fire
Mentallo & The Fixer : Centuries EP
Midnight Syndicate : Realm of Shadows
Mira : Apart ~
Mono Chrome : Collapse & Sever ~
Morrissey : Kill Uncle
Morrissey : Ringlead Of The Tormentors
Morrissey : Vauxhall & I
Morrissey : Viva Hate
Morrissey : You Are The Quarry ~
Morrissey : Your Arsenal ~
Mors Syphilitica : Feather and Fate ~
Peter Murphy : Alive Just For Love double CD
Peter Murphy : Cascade ~
Peter Murphy : Deep ~
Peter Murphy : Dust
Peter Murphy : Holy Smoke
Peter Murphy : Love Hysteria ~
Peter Murphy : Recall EP
Peter Murphy : A Retrospective
Peter Murphy : Should The World Fail To Fall Apart
Peter Murphy : Wild Birds best of... ~
Muse : Absolution ~
Muse : Blackholes & Revalations
Muse : Hullabaloo live double CD
Muse : Origin Of Symmetry enhanced, made in Germany ~
Muse : Showbiz
My Vitriol : Finelines ~
New Order : The Best Of...
New Order : Get Ready
New Order : Technique
New York Dolls : From Paris With Love (L.U.V.) live
New York Dolls : The Glamorous Life live
New York Dolls : self-titled
Nine Inch Nails : Fixed EP *
Nitzer Ebb : Belief
Nitzer Ebb : Big Hit
Nocturne : Guide To Extinction ~
Nocturne : Twilight ~
Nocturne : Welcome To Paradise
Gary Numan : Jagged
ohGr : Sunnypsyop enhanced
Ohgr : Welt promo
Oneiroid Psychosis : Dreams (With Pollutions When Virile) re-release
Oneiroid Psychosis : Stillbirth re-release
Pansy Division : More Lovin' From Our Oven ~
Pansy Division : Undressed
Panzer AG : Your World Is Burning
Peaches : The Teaches Of Peaches double CD
Pig : Genuine American Monster
Pig : Praise The Lard reissue ~
Pig : Red Raw & Sore
Pig & Sow : Je M'aime reissue ~
Pigface : Below The Belt remixes
Pigface : Easy Listening ~
Pigface : Eat Shit You Fucking Redneck
Pigface : Gub
Pigface : A New High In Low double CD
Pigface : Preaching to The Perverted best of..." double CD ~
Pigface : Truth Will Out live ~
Pigface : Washing Machine Mouth remixes
Pixies : Doolittle
Pixies : Surfer Rosa
Pixies : Wave Of Mutilation best of
Placebo : Because I Want You single
Placebo : Black Market Music UK version ~
Placebo : Black Market Music US version
Placebo : Every You Every Me single
Placebo : Meds
Placebo : Once More With Feeling double CD singles & remixes
Placebo : The Original Demos came with fan pack
Placebo : self-titled
Placebo : self-titled double CD reissue ~
Placebo : Protege Moi single
Placebo : Sleeping With Ghosts
Placebo : Sleeping With Ghosts special edition double CD made in Holland
Placebo : Song To Say Goodbye single
Placebo : Without You I'm Nothing ~
Placebo : Without You I'm Nothing single w/ David Bowie
Iggy Pop : The Idiot
Pop Will Eat Itself : Two Fingers My Friends! remixes
Portishead : Dummy ~
Portishead : self-titled
Povi : Life In Volcanoes ~
Prick : self-titled ~
Prong : Rude Awakening single
Psyche : The 11th Hour
Psyche : Legacy ~
Pulp : Different Class ~
Pulp : Fiction Romance live bootleg
Pulp : Freaks reissue ~
Pulp : His 'N' Hers
Pulp : This Is Hardcore ~
Pulp : We Love Life
Pzychobitch : The Day After ~
Pzychobitch : Electrolicious ~
Rachel Stamp : Oceans Of Venus
Rambient : So Many Worlds
Rammstein : Herzeleid
Rasputina : Cabin Fever
Rasputina : Frustration Plantation double CD ~
Rasputina : How We Quit The Forest enhanced CD ~
Rasputina : The Lost & Found cover EP
Rasputina : The Lost & Found (2nd Edition) cover EP
Rasputina : My Fever Broke enhanced remix EP
Rasputina : A Radical Recital live
Rasputina : Transylvanian Regurgitations remix EP
Razed in Black : Damaged double CD
The Razor Skyline : The Bitter Well ~
The Razor Skyline : Fade And Sustain
Recoil : Bloodline
Recoil : Liquid ~
Recoil : Strange Hours enhanced EP
Recoil : Unsound Methods
The Red Paintings : Destroy The Robots ~
Lou Reed : Transformer
Regenerator : Debugged
Regenerator : The Millennia Mixes special limited edition single
Revolting Cocks : (Let's Get) Physical single *
Ruby : Salt Peter
Seabound : Beyond Flatline
Seabound : Doublecrosser
Seabound : No Sleep Demon v2.0 reissue ~
Seafood : Surviving The Quiet ~
Seafood : When Do We Start Fighting... ~
The Secret Meeting : Ultrashiver
The Sex Pistols : Never Mind The Bollocks
She Wants Revenge : self-titled
Siouxsie & The Banshees : The Best Of... ~
Siouxsie & the Banshees : The Scream
Siouxsie & the Banshees : Superstition
Sister Machine Gun : Metropolis
Sister Machine Gun : [R]evolution
Six by Seven : The Closer You Get
Six By Seven : The Way I Feel Today
Skinny Puppy : The Process
Skinny Puppy : Worlock single
Slick Idiot : DickNity
Smashing Pumpkins : Adore
Smashing Pumpkins : Siamese Dream
The Smiths : The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Italian bootleg
The Smiths : Hatful Of Hollow ~
The Smiths : Meat Is Murder
The Smiths : The Queen Is Dead German import ~
The Smiths : Rank
The Smiths : Singles
The Smiths : self-titled ~
The Smiths : Strangeways Here We Come ~
Snake River Conspiracy : Sonic Jihad enhanced CD
Sneaker Pimps : Becoming X
Society Burning : Tactiq
Sow : Sick ~
Spahn Ranch : Anthology double CD of rare, previously unreleased & other old stuff
Spahn Ranch : Beat Noir
Spahn Ranch : The Coiled One ~
Starsailor : Love Is Here
Starsailor : On The Outside special edition w/ 1 DVD
Starsailor : Silence Is Easy
Stellastarr : Harmonies For The Haunted
Stellastarr : self-titled ~
Suede : Bruxelles bootleg
Suede : Coming Up double CD ~
Suede : Dog Man Star ~
Suede : Electricity single
Suede : Headmusic
Suede : A New Morning Australian Import
Suede : Sci-Fi Lullabies double CD ~
Suede : Suave & Elegant demos & live
Suede : self-titled ~
Sunday Munich : Pneuma ~
Sunshine Blind : I Carry You ~
Sunshine Blind : Liquid
Swans : Cop/Young God-Greed/Holy Money double CD
Switchblade Symphony : Bread and Jam For Frances ~
Switchblade Symphony : Serpentine Gallery ~
Switchblade Symphony : Sinister Nostalgia remixes
Switchblade Symphony : The Three Calamities
T. Rex : Electric Boogie live
T. Rex : Great Hits 1972-1977: The A-sides best of... ~
Tapping the Vein : The Damage ~
Tapping The Vein : Undone ~
Test Dept. : Totality
This Ascension : Light & Shade
This Ascension : Sever ~
ThouShaltNot : The Holiness Of Now
ThouShaltNot : Land Dispute ~
ThouShaltNot : The White Beyond ~
Tones on Tail : Everything double CD
Trance to the Sun : Venomous Eve
Unto Ashes : Saturn Return ~
The Vanishing : Songs For Psychotic Children
VARIOUS ARTISTS : 12 Tales
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Afterburn label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Another Prick In The Wall tribute to Ministry
VARIOUS ARTISTS : ABD Magazine presents DJ Ferret's Undercround Club Mix #1
VARIOUS ARTISTS : ABD Magazine presents DJ Ferret's Undercround Club Mix #2 w/ DVD
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Asleep By Dawn: Issue 2 free w/ magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Asleep By Dawn: DCD 2005 Tour CD free w/ magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Audiomata 1.0 free w/ magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Audiomata 2.0 free w/ magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Best Of Gothic Radio ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Beyond Punk free w/ Mojo magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : A Cat-Shaped Hole In My Heart ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : cD-Side 15 free w/ D-Side magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Clear & Present Danger vol 1
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Cold Hands Seduction V. 25 free w/ Sonic Seducer magazine, enhanced
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Covered In Black tribute to AC/DC
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Cruel Intentions motion picture soundtrack
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Cryonica Tanz v. 3
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Cyberlab double CD ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Cyberpuncture
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Dancing In The Dark label sampler ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Dancing In The Dark 2006 label sampler ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : A Dark Cabaret ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Dark Noise
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Dark Noise 2000
VARIOUS ARTISTS : The Darkest Hour covers
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Darkwave: Music Of The Shadows V.2
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Diva X Machina 3 ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Diva X Machina 4 ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Dr. Speedlove Presents...double remix CD
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Don't Blow Your Cover tribute to KMFDM
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Excelsis: A Dark Noel
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Excelsis: A Dark Noel the best of Excelsis
VARIOUS ARTISTS : For The Masses tribute to Depeche Mode
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Gothic Divas Presents...
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Goth: Music Of The Shadows V.1
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Haute Couture free w/ Vox magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Heavy Metal 2000 motion picture soundtrack, special edition w/ cd-rom
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Hymns of the Worlock tribute to Skinny Puppy
VARIOUS ARTISTS : ID4 Identity 4 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : ID5 Identity 5 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : ID6 Identity 6 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Industrial Madness 4 CD box set
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Just Say Da
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Just Say Mao
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Kaleidoscope 20 free w/ magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Machine In The Garden
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Melt
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Metropolis 1999 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Metropolis 2000 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Metropolis 2001 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Metropolis 2002 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Metropolis 2003 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Metropolis 2004 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Metropolis 2006 label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Middle Pillar Presents Eclectica label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Moulin Rouge motion picture soundtrack
VARIOUS ARTISTS : New Dark Noise
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Newer Wave covers
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Newer Wave v.2 covers
VARIOUS ARTISTS : New Wave Goes To Hell covers
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Notes From Thee Real Underground 3 CDs
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Operation Beatbox
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Orkus Compilation VII free w/ magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : The Passion Of Covers tribute to Bauhaus
VARIOUS ARTISTS : :Per:Version Vol 3 free w/ Ritual magazine ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : :Per:Version Vol 14 free w/ Ritual magazine ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : The Pink & The Black double CD
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Projekt: Gothic label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Projekt: The New Face Of Goth label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Projekt Winter Sampler label sampler
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Prospective Vol 6 free w/ magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Pure 80's
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Psycho Tina's House Of Horrors
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Revolutions 1 free w/ Select magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Satori a Japanese tribute to Bauhaus
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Starman free w/ Uncut magazine
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Trainspotting motion picture soundtrack
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Undead: A Gothic Masterpiece 3 CD box set
VARIOUS ARTISTS : The Unquiet Grave Vol. 1 double CD ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : The Unquiet Grave Vol. 2 double CD ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : The Unquiet Grave Vol. 3 double CD ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : The Unquiet Grave Vol. 4 double CD ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Until The End Of The World motion picture soundtrack
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Velvet Goldmine motion picture soundtrack ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Very Introspective Actually tribute to Pet Shops Boys ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Virgin Voices tribute to Madonna
VARIOUS ARTISTS : tribute to U2
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Where's Neil When You Need Him? ~
VARIOUS ARTISTS : World Of Synthpop double CD
VARIOUS ARTISTS : WTII Presents Resurrection 2
VARIOUS ARTISTS : Zillo Scope free w/ magazine
Vas : In The Garden Of Souls
VAST : Music For People
VAST : Visual Audio Sensory Theater ~
Violet Indiana : Roulette
VNV Nation : Empires ~
VNV Nation : Futureperfect ~
VNV Nation : Judgement
VNV Nation : Matter + Form ~
VNV Nation : Praise The Fallen
Voltaire : Almost Human ~
Voltaire : Banned On Vulcan EP
Voltaire : Boo Hoo
Voltaire : The Devil's Bris ~
Voltaire : Then And Again
Voltaire : Zombie Prostitute EP
Wolfsheim : Casting Shadows
Wolfsheim : Spectators ~
:wumpscut: : Bunker Gate 7 reissue
:Wumpscut: : Embryodead
Xorsist : Bitches EP

that's over 600!


CDs i owned & lent to a friend years ago & haven't seen since...
Mindless Self Indulgence : Frankenstein Girls Will Seen Strangely Sexy
Tara Van Flower : This Womb Like Liquid Honey
V/A : Excelsis 2 A Winter's Song

Short, sweet, and exclusive. :)

HIP HOP
RJD2 - Dead Ringer
Mos Def - The New Danger
Black Star - Blackstar
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
OutKast - Stankonia

R&B/SOUL
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott, Words & Sounds, Vol. 1
Alicia Keys - Diary of Alicia Keys
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
John Legend - Get Lifted
Sade - Love Deluxe
India Arie - Acoustic Soul

TRIP-HOP/DOWNTEMPO
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Stateless - Stateless
Esthero - Breath from Another
Bitter:Sweet - The Mating Game
Mono - Formica Blues
Portishead - Dummy
Sia - Colour The Small One
Bjork - Homogenic
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
UNKLE - Psyence Fiction

ROCK
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Muse - Absolution
Denali - Denali
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Incubus - Make Yourself
The Killers - Hot Fuss

Continuing with the tradition... I like to get it done early so I don't have to feel like I am just doing a replication of all the other lists.

Here are my favorite records from 2007.

John Davis
30. Arigato!

This was probably the sleeper hit of the year for me. This is Superdrag frontman, John Davis' sophomore solo record which has a very vintage Superdrag sound to do it. It was recorded at Foo Fighters' 606 Studios. If you have a few extra bucks, I suggest getting it from their website. It's good to see people still doing the power pop thing.

Black Francis (Frank Black)
29. Bluefinger

Pixies frontman, Frank Black's newest solo effort is a return to form of sorts to what I love about the Pixies in the first place. It's poppy, fun, and exactly what should be popular in music today. Pick this up.

Liars
28. Liars

As strange as this album is, it is definitely a step up from Drum's Not Dead. This is what Liars should sound like.

Saves the Day
27. Under The Boards

The second part of Sound The Alarm, this picks up with a stronger pop approach. Just like most Saves the Day records, this won't be able to be compared to any of the old records.

Between the Buried and Me
26. Colors

The most technical release that I have heard from a "harder" band this year. These guys make everyone else look bad at their instruments.

José González
25. In Our Nature

This is my favorite José González record. It has a really haunting element to it with the vocal approach. Check it out.

Jonah Matranga (Onelinedrawing)
24. And

Far, New End Original, and Gratitude frontman, Jonah Matranga is back with his solo pop effort of 2007. Highly enjoyable.

Sean Na Na
23. Family Trees -or- Cope We Must

Sean Tillmann (AKA Har Mar Superstar) brings back his indie pop project for another release. I listened to this record for like 6 weeks straight before I was able to listen to anything else. Paddy from Dillinger 4 plays on the record as well. Good stuff.

The Good Life
22. Help Wanted Nights

Not as good as Album of the Year, but what is?

Ryan Adams
21. Easy Tiger

I love the way this guy writes. Amazing record.

Glös
20. Harmonium

Members of Engine Down, Denali, Sparta, and Ambulette. Kind of reminds me of Joy Division in a way. Really dark and the vocals are amazing. Sadly, this will probably go unnoticed.

Maritime
19. Heresy And The Hotel Choir

All the same things that made the last record great. Probably would have been higher if it didn't sound so much like the last record.

Animal Collective
18. Strawberry Jam

This album took me a while to really "get". Eventually I started to love it despite all the hype behind it.

Boys Night Out
17. Boys Night Out

Easily one of the catchiest records I have heard all year. They removed the screaming and brought some life to a dying genre. Some of the most fun I have had all year with a record. Pick this up.

The Weakerthans
16. Reunion Tour

This took 3 years to write. Luckily, it's worth the wait. Incredible record. It works even better live.

Interpol
15. Our Love To Admire

A lot of people hated this record. I have no complaints.

Angels & Airwaves
14. I-Empire

This is a record I will probably always get flack for loving. Honestly, I was a huge doubter, especially after the hype and the mediocre first record. The more I listen to this, the more I love it though. The lyrics are really incredible. It's hard to find a band that is willing to try something like this and expect it to do well in the mainstream. A great record to drive to at night and just let the lyrics soak into your ears. Check it out and give it a shot. It may save your life!

Spoon
13. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

This band can do no wrong. Everything they touch seems to be great.

Minus the Bear
12. Planet of Ice

I didn't love this record as much as the last few but it really grew on me the more I listened. This band is getting more technical per record.

Pinback
11. Autumn Of The Seraphs

Most of Pinback's records sound the same. They seem to be going for a darker theme lately. The vocals on this really make the record.

Explosions in the Sky
10. All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

This is way better than the Rescue. They still seem to be following the same approach with the way they write their songs. It would be great to see them try something completely different. Still better than most bands. Especially live.

Jimmy Eat World
9. Chase This Light

Jimmy Eat World is one of those bands that always seem to have a good record, no matter what genre they attempt. This is a straight up rock record with lyrics that can both crush and inspire. The UK bonus track, Be Sensible, should be enough for you to want to purchase that version of the album. Incredible stuff.

Blonde Redhead
8. 23

Heartbreak never sounded so gorgeous. An album filled with hooks and a voice that will cause you to zone out and look back at your life. Incredible.

Jackie Carol
7. Check Check

This album for me was one of those records that I just couldn't put down. Nathan's vocals are incredible on it and the "dreamy" songs on it really blow you away. This is way better than The Casket Lottery. Try to find a better song than Let's Fall In Love. It can't be done.

Feist
6. The Reminder

This will probably be on everybody's list, respectively. Leslie's vocals are incredible (even on the really simple songs).

Beirut
5. the flying cub cup

Again, these guys keep putting out more records that sound like nothing else. It can get really frustrating at times but they seem to keep up with the same sound every release. Look into this.

Paul McCartney
4. Memory Almost Full

Despite this being played (and sold) in every Starbucks ever, this record is probably the best thing Paul has done solo in years. He uses a lot of strange string arrangements within this record. It's good to see Paul still relevant after all these years.

Wilco
3. Sky Blue Sky

I love this Wilco record way more than the last one. They have yet to top Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but this record might be a close second for me. There really isn't anything happy about it lyrically, but the music tricks you with how upbeat it is.

Radiohead
2. In Rainbows

Thom Yorke and company have a hard time writing a bad song. It has been years since I have honestly been disappointed with a Radiohead record. Nothing really needs to be said about this release. Just give it a spin and you'll realize why it's so high on the list.

Panda Bear
1. Person Pitch

This feels like it was released so long ago. It almost feels like a Brian Wilson record at times. There is nothing boring about this record and I can't think of any record that comes close to touching this.

Best EP of 2007...

The Numbers Twist
Imaginary Demons

Members of Red Animal War and Flickerstick. Digital only release. Check it out on itunes. Amazing stuff.

Great records that didn't quite make the list...

Say Anything
In Defense of the Genre

Say Anything really surprised me on this record. I sorta enjoyed the first record enough to want to check it out but I couldn't get into the songs on the reissue.. Not expecting much, this record is exactly what Say Anything should be... heavy sometimes, witty, awkward, and cute all within the same 2-disc record.

Jeremy Enigk
The Missing Link

Not as good as Sunny Day Real Estate, but still pretty great for a solo effort. The vocals are obviously the strong part.

The Starting Line
Direction

A guilty pleasure of sorts. A great pop rock record.

Armor for Sleep
Smile For Them

Probably the tightest this band has ever sounded musically. A great rock record.

Talib Kweli
Ear Drum

I wish all hiphop sounded like this.

Circa Survive
On Letting Go

Circa Survive return with a record that should be better than it is. The vocals are incredible but sadly, most of the record sounds the same with only a few standout tracks. Hopefully this band can take the creative parts and try and mix it up more on the next record.

Nine Inch Nails
Year Zero

Way better than With Teeth. This is a return to form for Nine Inch Nails. Good stuff.

HORSE the band
A Natural Death

The instruments are amazing and sometimes the album gets really weird. Still a great release and a step in the right direction.

The Ataris
Welcome The Night

Everyone hated this record but I truely started to "get" it upon multiple listens. The vocals are a little strange at first but once you sit down and actually give the record a shot, you learn to love it. The members of Bad Astronaut on the record helped as well.

The Wonder Years
Get Stoked On It!!!

I didn't get this record until late in the year but it is probably one of the more fun records I have heard in forever. It's catchy as hell and will make you want to listen to all your dusty Blink182/NFG records again. I expect great things in the future from this band.

[idea snagged from oslofish]

My Media Player's (Current) Five-Star Playlist
[subject to change at the drop of a red felt bowler]

Allison Crowe - Lisa's Song
Allison Crowe - Hallelujah
The Bastard Fairies - Habitual Inmate
The Bastard Fairies - Ode To The Prostitute
The Bastard Fairies - We're All Going to Hell
The Bastard Fairies - Everyone Has a Secret
The Bastard Fairies - A Venomous Tale
Coheed and Cambria - A Favor House Atlantic
Denali - Hold Your Breath
John Cage - Dances (3) for 2 Prepared Pianos: No. 1
John Cage - Daughters of the Lonesome Isle
John Cage - Sonata II
John Cage - Sonata V
John Cage - Sonata XII
M. C. Brennan - I Want You Back
M. C. Brennan - I Can't Help It
M. C. Brennan - Toughlove (alternate demo)
Mommy and Daddy - Confection
of Montreal - Jaques Lamure
of Montreal - Disconnect the Dots
of Montreal - Rapture Rapes the Muses
The Shins - So Says I
The Shins - Kissing the Lipless
The Shins - Saint Simon
Tori Amos - Professional Widow
Von Iva - Not Hot to Trot